One hundred million more receipts and 5 billion euros emerged. This is the result of the obligation to connect the POS to the cash register. The data was provided by Deputy Minister of Economy Maurizio Leo during a conference of the Centro Studi Accountisti Foundation. These are impressive numbers in just one month of the new obligation and which show how a simple procedure can make the difference.
The procedure made it possible to bring out the hidden. From January to April (expiring by May 31st), 1.6 million recorders were connected to the relevant POS.
Tax: 5.3 billion euros more
Vincenzo Carbone, director of the Revenue Agency, confirmed the numbers at the event for the 50th anniversary of Sogei in the Chamber:
With the entry into force of the obligation of electronic matching between POS and cash registers, as of May 15th we have +115 million receipts with an increase in the tax base of 5.3 billion.
A concrete result in a very short time of the new tool to combat tax evasion. If the pace remains this way, according to Revenue Agency estimates, an extra revenue of 2.4 billion will be generated.
The Agency does not want to have a punitive attitude, continues Carbone, and is committed to improving the relationship with taxpayers in a more effective and modern way.
Furthermore, he underlined that “big brother doesn’t exist” and that the tool used intervenes before the problem, i.e. tax evasion and its consequences. An obligation and a risk of fine of 1,000 to 4,000 euros was enough.
Obligation to connect POS and cash register
The tool used to achieve this result is simple and effective: the obligation to connect the POS to the cash register. It is not a miracle, but only the emergence of something hidden.
Inserted in the 2025 Budget Law, the connection obligation came into force on 5 March 2026. It is a procedure that has no costs for the State and which can be carried out easily and in just a few steps on the Invoices and Fees portal of the Revenue Agency.
The most exposed activities
Deputy Minister of Economy Maurizio Leo also intervened and commented on the result. He stated that in May alone, over 10 million extra receipts were issued compared to the same month last year.
A “significant” result which is part of the recovery plan that Sogei, together with the tax agencies, has been carrying out since 2023. In total, they claim, 101 billion euros have been recovered.
Furthermore, with the new rule, we are moving towards the emergence of activities that are increasingly at risk of tax evasion.
Among the unreliable (in percentage), there are:
- bars (56%);
- ice cream parlors (56%);
- nightclubs (77%);
- dance schools (77%);
- bakers (70%);
- haberdashery (68%);
- toy shops (67%);
- clothing stores (65%);
- campsites and tourist villages (64%);
- beaches (58%);
- opticians (50%);
- photographers (50%);
- newsagent (45%)
For example, restaurants, which as reported Openwith their 70.8% of taxpayers with tax reports lower than 8, they are the category with the highest rate of unreliability among those with at least 10 thousand taxpayers.
